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# Date Picker
Date Pickers are a special kind of Control Input that lets the user select a specific date.
A Date Picker typically looks like this:
The following program illustrates the implementation of a Date Picker:
```
@Html.TextBoxFor(mdl => mdl.Date, "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", new { @class = "dPicker" })
...
$(document).ready(function () {
$(".dPicker").datepicker();
});
```
There is another type of Date Picker that additionally allows the user to select a specific time (hour and minute). It is called "Date Time Picker" and typically looks like this:
The following program illustrates the implementation of a Date Time Picker:
```
@Html.TextBoxFor(mdl => mdl.Date, "{0:MM/dd/yyyy}", new { @class = "dPicker" })
